Places leilat Wants to Go

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.